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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Add a Package To a Model</span></p>



  
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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">A </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Package</span><span class="f_BodyText"> is a container of model elements, and is displayed in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText"> as the 'folder' icon familiar to Windows users. Package contents are arranged alphabetically.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">In the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText"> click on a package and, i</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">n the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> toolbar, click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">New Package</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> </span><span class="f_BodyText">icon <img src="newpackage.png" width="22" height="26" border="0" alt="NewPackage">.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect displays a prompt for the package name.</span></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">This prompt also contains the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Automatically add new diagram</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> option for automatically creating a diagram for the package, which defaults to selected. This is very a useful feature, but for the purposes of this introduction deselect the checkbox against the option.</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Type in a name and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button. Enterprise Architect adds the new package subordinate to the package you selected.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Add a Diagram To a Package</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Now <a href="add_a_diagram.htm">add a diagram</a>.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Additional Information</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">For additional information on packages, and adding packages and Views (top-level packages), see the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="packagetasks.htm">Work With Packages</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> and </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="addpackage.htm">Add a Package</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> topics and </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="addadditionalviews.htm">Add Additional Views</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> topic.</span></p>




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